Donna Hill’s son, De'Vaughn, and Lodie Pollard’s son, Michael Pollard, were burned and murdered in the Studio City Music Fire in April 2018. Donna describes, “The man who took my son’s life deliberately set the fire knowing my son was in the building. The murderer blocked...
Defendant Efrem Demery was friends with Michael Pollard and De'Vaughn Carter who were both studio musicians. On April 14, 2018, the defendant had an altercation with Michael and De'Vaughn. The defendant followed them back to the studio, and went across the street to purchase gasoline and...
LOS ANGELES / August 19, 2024 – District Attorney candidate Nathan Hochman today demanded that D.A. George Gascon file gang and gun enhancements against the gang members arrested in the murder of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor. The suspects implicated in the actor’s killing are...
On April 3, 2010, Sina Khankhanian intentionally drove at high speeds (70 mph +) to hit and kill 13-year-old Emily Shane. His actions robbed Emily's family of their innocent, young daughter and resulted in unimaginable grief. Khankhanian was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to...
This is a truly awful story about how Gascon refused to file a felony against an admitted gang member arrested by LAPD with a loaded firearm, leading to her immediate release from jail. Two months later, the gang member committed a mass shooting in a...
On February 19, 2018, 61-year-old former Marine John Ruh was shot three times during an attempted robbery as he finished his shift at VP Fuels and Drive-thru Dairy in the Antelope Valley. Gang members Denmonne Lee, who was 16 at the time, distracted Mr. Ruh,...
On April 24, 2013, brothers Anthony and Michael Carpio attacked 18-year old Kevin Orellana who was at the handball courts on the campus of Cleveland High School in Reseda. Michael started the fight, but Anthony pulled a knife and stabbed Orellana 10 times in the...
On August 31, 1984 Ebora Alexander, mother of 11 children, was shot multiple times in her head while sitting at her kitchen table having breakfast. Her daughter, Dietria Alexander (24), and grandsons Damon Bonner (8) and Damani Garner (13) were shot execution style while sleeping...
George Gascon’s recent removal of the prosecutors in the Rebecca Grossman case illustrates how unqualified he is to lead the country’s largest local prosecuting agency. The Los Angeles criminal justice community was stunned this week to learn that Gascon had removed the prosecutors who won murder...
On March 1, 2019, 9-year-old Trinity was brutally beaten, tortured, and dumped dead on the side of the road as if she were trash. Trinity’s mother and her mother’s boyfriend, Emiel Lamar Hunt, were charged with her murder. Hunt had a prior record. In 2005,...